Echino VS Chalice Differece?

[BlazinNano]

What is the difference if any?

 

[stunreefer]

"Chalice" is a common name given to many species, even different families/genus of coral. "Echino" is short for Echinophyllia... Echinophyllia is a genus of coral (with eight different species) that is many times labeled with the common name "chalice" especially Echinophyllia aspera.

Here you can see the different species of Echinophyllia: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=53457

 

[FaviaFreak]

"Chalice" is a common name given to many species, even different families of coral. "Echino" is short for Echinophyllia... Echinophyllia is a familiy of coral (with eight different species) that is many times labeled with the common name "chalice" especially Echinophyllia aspera.

Here you can see the different species of Echinophyllia: http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=53457

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there all one in the same, they come from the Pectiniidae Family which consist of the genus echinophyllia, genus mycedium, and genus oxypora

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/pectiniids.htm

 

[twinspots_goby]

Learning new things every day. Thanks stunreefer and FaviaFreak.

 

[FaviaFreak]

Learning new things every day. Thanks stunreefer and FaviaFreak.

:wink:

 

[BlazinNano]

Does it have anything to do with the way they eat. I have noticed some of my "chalices" have prominent mouths while some do not? Like I have a green chalice that has big eyes while my big pimpin and lime in the sky have very very small eyes.

 

[FaviaFreak]

Does it have anything to do with the way they eat. I have noticed some of my "chalices" have prominent mouths while some do not? Like I have a green chalice that has big eyes while my big pimpin and lime in the sky have very very small eyes.

that's one way to tell them apart. The larger mouths/eyes on a Mycedium are raised and prominent, whereas an Echinophyllia Aspera has tiny mouths/eyes, so it can be a tell tale sign if your identifying them. Although each genus as several species so "chalice" is a generic term to cover all the bases so to speak

 

[cmjreef]

Is the Genus Pectinia not found in the Family Pectiniadae?

 

[stunreefer]

Is the Genus Pectinia not found in the Family Pectiniadae?

Pectiniidae consits of six genera:

Echinophyllia, Mycedium, Oxypora, Pectinia, Ehinomorpha, Physophyllia

 

[Cuda]

Good read